Supreme Court Dismisses Tenant’s Appeal in Rent Control Eviction Case, Upholding High Court’s Interpretation of Proviso to Section 57(2) of Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958. High Court Correctly Held That the Proviso’s Exception for Premises to Which Section 54 Does Not Apply Excludes Premises Governed by the Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956, Thus the Repealed Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952 Applied, and Eviction for Substantial Damage Was Proper.
27 Feb 1969The dispute concerned a shop in Kinari Bazar, Delhi, rented by the appellant tenant from the respondent landlord. The tenant, who sold sewing machines...
